Most Americans Still Think ‘Cheating’ Led To Trump’s Election Loss — Most Said Voter ID ‘Not Discriminatory’
Most Americans still believe there was cheating during the 2020 presidential election which led to the loss of then Republican incumbent Donald Trump.
A recent Rasmussen Report also found that the majority of voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote.
"How likely is it that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election?"
Very Likely(VL) + Somewhat Likely(SL) = Total(TL)%
Democrats: 18%(VL) + 12%(SL) = 30%(TL)
Unaffiliated: 32% + 19% = 51%
Republicans: 56% + 18% = 74%
All Voters: 35% + 16% = 51% https://t.co/YBGRl8bNvf— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) April 13, 2021
“A majority (51%) of voters believe it is likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, including 35% who say it’s Very Likely cheating affected the election,” the pollster said in a survey released on January 13.
Rasmussen said 74% of Republicans believe it is likely last year’s presidential election was affected by cheating, a view shared by 30% of Democrats and 51% of voters not affiliated with either major party.
Most want election to be safe
Concerns about widespread cheating during the previous election have plagued Democratic President Joe Biden ever since Election Day.
A similar survey conducted in November also found 47% of voters believing that Democrats “stole votes or destroyed pro-Trump ballots” from key states to ensure that Biden wins the election. It said an overwhelming majority of GOP voters also believe Democrats cheated in 2020.
The survey looked at election laws and found that the majority of voters want cheating eliminated from the election system — far more than making it easier to vote. Voters also want voter identification.
Rasmussen said: “Asked which is more important, making it easier for everybody to vote, or making sure there is no cheating in elections, 60% of Likely Voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating, while 37% said it’s more important to make it easier to vote.”
Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote . . .https://t.co/j77bkJcmYm pic.twitter.com/91nzfWCqXL
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) April 13, 2021
It added that based on its findings, only 22% of voters say it is currently too hard to vote, while 34% said it’s too easy to vote, and 41% say the level of difficulty in voting is about right.
“Majorities of all racial groups – 59% of whites, 56% of Blacks and 63% of other minority voters – say it is more important to make sure there is no cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote,” Rasmussen added.
Voter ID “not discriminatory”
Meanwhile, the poll also found that majorities of all racial groups reject the claim that voter ID laws discriminate against some voters — an idea being widely pushed by Democrats as some states move to implement tighter election measures.
Rasmussen said 64% of whites, 59% of Blacks and 58% of other minority voters – Rasmussen said 61% of Democrats say it is more important to make it easier to vote, a view shared by just 15% of Republicans and 34% of unaffiliated voters.
“Among voters who say it’s Very Likely that cheating affected the 2020 election outcome, 92% say it’s more important to prevent cheating than to make it easier to vote,” the poll said.
Despite recent noise related to new Georgia election laws, Rasmussen said the survey also found that 75% of voters say requiring voters to show some form of identification like driver’s license before being allowed to vote is necessary to a “fair and secure election process.”
The survey was conducted on April 11-12 among 1,000 likely voters with a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points.
